Create an emergency preparedness plan.
I really don’t have one.
You would think that I would have a plan after everyone in the neighborhood was evacuated due to the fires during covid…but nope. For nearly a week, we stayed at a hotel and ate at various restaurants. I had to go to Walmart and buy scrubs, underwear/bras, and go to Costco to get my contact lenses. I left work with what I had on my back. I wasn’t allowed to go home because the police were blocking all the entry points.
Growing up in the Midwest, we were taught at an early age to duck and cover whenever a tornado struck the area. When there were blizzards, we had a backpack full of blankets, canned foods, flashlight + batteries, kitty litter, and a shovel.
The only emergency preparedness plan that I have is for active shooters on campus. It’s one that we are trained for annually at work. I recall writing about an incident onsite from a previous post, who am i?
We’ve had quite a few of earthquakes lately and I can feel the building rumbling. By the time I think of getting under a desk, the shaking has stopped. The last earthquake I felt was a couple of days ago, I was with a patient and as soon as the building started to roll, he began to cry. He was so frightened by it. I was trying to comfort him and before we knew it, it was over.
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